Teaching

I have been a teaching assistant at UC San Diego in Linguistics (LIGN).

Deep Learning for Natural Language Understanding

Fall 2026.

LIGN 167. Deep Learning for Natural Language Understanding.

Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Professor Alex Warstadt.

Course Description: An introduction to neural network methods for analyzing linguistic data. Basic neural network architectures and optimization through backpropagation and stochastic gradient descent. Word vectors and recurrent neural networks, and their uses and limitations in modeling the structure of natural language.

Prerequisites: MATH 10C or MATH 20C or MATH 31BH; ability to program.

The Psycholinguistics of Gesture and Sign Languages

Spring 2026.

LIGN 148. The Psycholinguistics of Gesture and Sign Languages.

Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Professor Rachel Mayberry.

Course Description: The study of how sign languages are structured, and how they are understood and produced by adults. Topics include the contrast between gesture and language, sign language acquisition, brain processing, sociolinguistics, and the role of sign language in reading.

Prerequisites: LIGN 101 or LISL 1C/1CX.

Sign Languages and Their Cultures

Winter 2026.

LIGN 7. Sign Languages and Their Cultures.

Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Professor Rachel Mayberry.

Course Description: Deaf history since the eighteenth century. The structure of American Sign Language and comparison with oral languages. ASL poetry and narrative and Deaf people’s system of cultural knowledge. Basic questions concerning the nature of language and its relation to culture.

Prerequisites: None.